Improvement in ticket-punches



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TICKET-PUNCH. No. 183,916. Patented 0ct.31,1876.

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JOSEPH S. FOSTER, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TICKETPUNCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,916. dated October31, 1876; application filed September 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH S. FOSTER, of Auburn, in the county ofCayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Punches and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to a conductors ticketpuneh and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts, whereby, as a ticket is insertedto be punched, a bell will be rung, a register operated, and a piece ofpaper tape advanced, which, with the independent movement of the .punch,will complete the opera tion.

The object of my invention is to construct such a device that the belland register may be operated independent of the punch, and the punchoperated independent of the bell and register.

One feature of this invention relates to a movable mouth-piece, which isso constructed that the act of inserting the ticket will force themouth-piece down, and thereby sound an alarm, operate a registeringmechanism, and move aroll of paper tape, (inclosed within theinstrument,) so as to expose a new portion of its surface to beperforated bya small punch, which is also inclosed within the case.

Another novel feature is in connection with the punch, and consists ofan auxiliary punch located within the case, and so combined with theprincipal punch as to be operated simultaneously with it, said auxiliarypunch being much smaller than the principal one, and designed to operateon the paper tape alone.

In order to enable others skilled in the art I the case-door open andmouth-piece removed to show working parts. Fig. 4 shows the ratchetdevice for winding the paper tape. Fig. 5 is a section of the machine,showing bell and dial. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the mouth-piece.Figs. 7 and 8 show the principal and auxiliary punches.

A represents the case B, the mouth-piece; G, the punch-handle, and D thedoor to the case A. The handle 0 is pivoted to the case A at the pointa. E is the slide that carries the two punches b and d, b being theprincipal punch, and d the small or auxiliary punch. The punch b isrigidly fastened to the slide E by a screw or other device, while thepunch (l is held in position only by a spring, 6. The slide E is formedwith an angular projection, f, to hook over a spring, G, and also aslot, or, for the passage of the paper tape. In the under side of theslide is a small hole for the insertion of a pin, h, that projects fromthe handle C, so as to move said slide when the handle is 1noved,,anopening in the case allowing said pin to pass through and engage withthe slide. The case A has a slot, y, for the insertion of the ticket tobe punched. The main punch 1) passes through a hole in a lug, t, on theinside of the case. The auxiliary punch cl is reduced in size where itpasses through the slot :0, and is formed with a notch, as shown in Fig.8, to receive the spring 6. H is a circular apartment for holding theroll of paper tape 70 before it is punched, and I is a ratchet-wheel forholding and winding the tape as it comes from the punch. J is acovering-plate for the ratchet-wheel I. This covering plate moves aroundthe same center as the ratchet-wheel, and has a driving springpawl, m,fastened to its under surface, to engage in the teeth on the edge of theratchetwheel. This plate has also a slot, 12, cut through it on a radialline from the center to the circumference. p is a detent'pawl, fastenedto the case, and acts also on the ratchetwheel I, to prevent backwardmovement of the same. The sliding mouth-piece B is constructedsubstantially as shown in Fig. 6, and has a lever, K, attached to it,which lever moves back and forth from the fulcrum r. This lever has aspring, 8, to hold it out in position, and also a driving-pin, t. Thelower end of this pin engages in the slot at of the plate strike thebell.

J, so that when the mouth-piece is moved a reciprocating movement isimparted to the plate J, and, through the pawl m, the ratchetwheel I isthereby caused to rotate. The mouth-piece B slides up and down justunder the cover D.

L represents the bell-striker, provided with a cam, v, rigidly attachedto it, as shown in Fig. 5. This striker turns on a pivot, w, and the endnearestsaid pivot is cut away to receive the pressure of a spring, M. Apin,z, rigidly fastened to the mouth piece frame, moves around the cam12, and thus causes the hammer N to strike the bell O, the downwardmovement of the mouthpiece causing the pin to force the bell-striker Lout-against the spring by means of the cam, until the pin reaches thelower end of the cam, when it passes beyond the cam, and the striker, by

the tension of the spring, is forced back to its normal position; butbefore gaining this normal position its accumulated momentum causes itto pass beyond said position and to The return movement of themouth-piece causes the pin z to regain its former position, and in doingso it passes along the back of the cam, slightly forcing the cam andstriker toward the bell, until it reaches the upper end of the cam,,whenthe pin passes beyond the cam, and the striker, relieved from its forcedposition, again seeks its normal position, ready for a second downwardmovement of the pin and mouth-piece. P P represent register-wheels,moving about a common center, andhaving hands a a rigid- 1y fastened tothem. R is a dial-plate, to indicate the movements'of theregister-wheels and hands, this dial-plate and register-wheels beingconnected to a raised plate, S. The dial-plate It is cut away at thepoint I) for the admission of the pawl 01, which is secured to themouth-piece, so that the movement of the mouth-piece moves the pawl,which, in turn, moves the register-wheels, the whole being designed toindicate the number of times the bell is rung and the tape is moved. eeare detent-pawls, designed to prevent a retrograde movement of theregister wheels. V is a spring fastened to the case, and operating onthe mouth-piece to keep it in its normal position. The door or lid 1) ishinged to the case A, and when closed can be locked by any suitablelocking device. W is a hook-for securing the instrument in an uprightposition, the mouth-piece being uppermost when so secured.

It will be seen from the above that the alarm,

registering mechanism, and mechanism for moving the paper tape are alloperated from one sourceviz., the movable mouth-piece;

that the principal and auxiliary punches are operated by thepunch-handle, and that there is no connection between the mouth-pieceand beingentirely free to handle tickets and money.

The conductor having taken a ticket inserts it in the mouth of the punchto be canceled, and, in the act of doing so, either the ticket or theconductors hand forces down the mouth-piece, which causes the bell to besounded, the register operated, and the paper tape advanced. Beforeremoving the ticket the handle 0 of the punch is forced forward,

which causes the ticket to be perforated, and also perforates the papertape inclosed in the instrument.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in a ticket-punch, of a punch for perforating theticket, and an auxiliary punch inclosed within the instrument, saidauxiliary punch being operated to perforate a tape by the same operationthat the ticket is punched with the principal punch, substantially asset forth.

2. In a ticket-punch, a movable mouth-piece for operating a registeringmechanism, sounding an alarm, and moving a roll of paper tape,substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a ticket-punch, of the main punch b, for punchingthe ticket, and the auxiliary punch d, operated simultaneously therewithby the same lever O, for perforating a paper tape concealed within theinstrument, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination of the slide E, with hook f, spring G, punches b (1,spring 6, and pivoted lever (J, with pin h, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

5. The combination of the ratchet-wheel I, plate J, with pawl m and slotat, and the spring-arm K, pivoted to the mouth-piece B, and providedwith the pin t, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

6. The combination, in a ticket-punch, of the auxiliary punch d andslide E, with slot 00, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

7. The combination, with the bell 0, of the striker L, with hammer N andcam 27, the spring M, and the pin 2 on the sliding mouthpiece,substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH S. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

F. G. DAY, JOHN D. VAN DUsEN.

